Government statistics show that between 40 and 49 per cent of children entering custody have been in care at some point despite the fact they make up just 0.5 per cent of the total population of children.
Research conducted by the Prison Reform Trust has revealed that the cost of training staff in restorative techniques has led to private children's homes in particular choosing not to invest in the approach.
In the last decade the number of private children's homes has increased rapidly from around 250 in 2000 (18 per cent of the total number) to around 1,900 in 2010 (75 per cent of the total).
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